I Need a Girl

This is the first official single from American R&B artist Trey Songz's third studio album, Ready.

This song was helmed by the Norwegian-born, NYC-based production duo Stargate. They had previously worked on Songz's Grammy-nominated "Can't Help But Wait."

The song finds Songz putting a request out for a female companion. He told the online station Pyro Radio: "I think I need someone who understands what's going on. That understands that its not all peaches and cream. When I say 'I need a girl', I'm informing all my fans of the stresses I am going through and just showing a bit of vulnerability. I'm out here working hard, and sometimes I go back to my hotel room alone. I (sic) watching by myself. After all the screaming fans, I fall back and have nothing to hold that I love and care for. It's very different having a woman, having sex with her and going to another city, then having a woman who you can talk to and understands your plight and what you're talking about. That's just telling them that I am human and I do have needs."